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Cardiac
February 18, 2016
This video demonstrates the surgical repair of transposition of the great arteries with absent pulmonary valve in an infant, using a technique for pulmonary artery reduction/retrenchment.
February 18, 2016
The authors studied the rate of publication of completed clinical trials performed in academic medical centers in the US. Among over 4,300 such trials, only 36% were published within 2 years of completion, and only 66% were ultimately published at any time. There was considerable variation in publication rates among institutions.
February 16, 2016
This video is a step-by-step guide for aortic valve replacement using a porcine stentless bioprosthesis via a modified subcoronary implantation technique.
February 10, 2016
The video shows the explantation of a Corevalve through a minimally invasive inferior ministernotomy approach.
February 8, 2016
This video shows a primary inferior cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit as an alternative treatment for an infant unsuitable for the bidirectional Glenn.
February 5, 2016
A useful reference tool for all colleagues interested in research and biomedical publishing
February 3, 2016
Filmed at the 2015 SCTS Annual Meeting in Manchester, United Kingdom, Mohamad Bashir interviews John Elefteriades, Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale University and Yale New-Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.
February 2, 2016
This randomized trial (NEAT-HFpEF) of 110 subjects (59 placebos) disproves, by clinical and biological markers, the utility of nitrates for exercise tolerance. This is a subset of cardiac failure patients we are likely to encounter in general cardiothoracic surgical practice.
February 1, 2016
This video demonstrates a surgical technique for repairing a left pulmonary artery sling.